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Night 41: M51-60 Hallway
Recluse had used his uneventful dinner as time to hammer out and sharpen a new blade for Scourge, and do maintenance on the rest of his own weapons, then changing into his black Arachnos officer's uniform, ready for the night. Then, it had simply been a matter of waiting, impatiently as always, for the doors to unlock.
At least that pompous fool didn't lecture them all that long-windedly tonight. He slipped out into the hallway as soon as his door was unlocked, red eyes glowing dimly in the pitch black corridor.
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At least that pompous fool didn't lecture them all that long-windedly tonight. He slipped out into the hallway as soon as his door was unlocked, red eyes glowing dimly in the pitch black corridor.
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Re: M57
As if it needed more dangerous, now they had to deal with other people. Not terribly unusual in the outside world, but he'd think that their common peril would make them at least willing to cooperate in the interest of escaping.
"It says outside the walls is particularly dangerous, and I'm not surprised. There might be somewhere to find a weapon of some kind for you in here, but - I don't know." He hated to force her to protect him, to force her to fight at all, but that was kind of the unpleasant reality of the situation.
Re: M57
Tapping a corner of the map with one forefinger, Youko said thoughtfully, "There's a shed with sports equipment here, it says. There might be useful items there." There seemed to be more places that might be useful on the second floor, but the sports field was the closest to their current location, and speed was probably of the essence--there had to be significant competition for resources here.
Re: M57
And still, it probably was the best course of action, at this point, when so much of the building was unknown to the two of them. "Those storage rooms up there, maybe try those too? Who knows what kind of stuff someone might want to store around here." He reached over toward the second-floor map, indicating the easternmost hallway. There were at least several rooms there to try, even if it was farther away.
Re: M57
Youko nodded, though, as Enki pointed out the storage rooms she'd also seen. "Yes, and also some laboratory storage on the other side. I didn't particularly excel in chemistry, but there are some things even I would recognise, I think. But getting all the way upstairs without running into a youma is my worry, there."
Re: M57
"If you think that sounds like a good idea, sure, we can try it first. I'd like to see as much as possible tonight, so we can get more of an idea what's going on here." If people who'd been here for weeks didn't know that much it wasn't likely they'd just stumble on some secret way home, but...well, just about anything would be more than they knew now.
Re: M57
And on the matter of visibility, Youko had an idea. She held the flashlight up where Enki could see it clearly and asked, "Do you think you can carry this, while we go? It's a light--I don't know if you ever used one while you were in Hourai more recently--and if you carry it, that will leave both my hands free." Gods forbid she needed to fight barehanded, but if it came to that it would be a lot easier if she didn't have to worry about the flashlight, too.
Re: M57
Great. This was clearly going to be quite the expedition. But still, there was no choice: the two of them had to return. Going out and searching was the only thing they could do at this point. "Guess we should get started, huh?"
Re: M57
Reluctantly, Youko handed the journal back to Enki and headed back out the way she'd come. She was pretty sure she'd gotten the gist of the guide, and she'd memorised as much of the map as she thought they were likely to need tonight--everything else could probably wait until tomorrow, if they were still here. Youko had the sinking feeling that they would be.
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